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World on fire. [videorecording] Season 1 / a Mammoth Screen production for BBC ; co-produced with Masterpiece, Tetra Media Fiction and Nadcon Film ; written and created by Peter Bowker ; series producer, Chris Clough ; producers, Nickie Sault, Callum Devrell-Cameron ; directors, Adam Smith, Thomas Napper, Andy Wilson, Chanya Button.

World on fire. (other title)
Bean, Sean, (actor.). Bowker, Peter, 1958- (creator,, screenwriter.). Brown, Julia (Actor), (actor.). Button, Chanya, (television director.). Clough, Chris, 1951- (television producer.). Daley-Ward, Yrsa, (actor.). Darvill, Arthur, 1982- (actor.). Devrell-Cameron, Callum, (television producer.). Harrison, Blake, 1985- (actor.). Hauer-King, Jonah, 1995- (actor.). Hunt, Helen, 1963- (actor.). Kennedy, Patrick, 1977- (actor.). Kot, Tomasz, 1977- (actor.). Kulesza, Agata, 1971- (actor.). Manville, Lesley, (actor.). Mayer, Victoria, 1976- (actor.). Mitchell, Ewan (Actor), (actor.). Napper, Thomas, 1970- (television director.). Riemelt, Max, 1984- (actor.). Sault, Nickie, (television producer). Sawyers, Parker, (actor.). Smith, Adam (Director), (television director.). Smith, Brian J. (Brian Jacob), 1981- (actor.). WięcÅ‚awek, Mateusz, (actor.). WichÅ‚acz, Zofia, (actor.). Wilson, Andy, 1958- (television director.). Zeiler, Johannes, 1970- (actor.). Mammoth Screen (Firm), (production company.). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), (publisher.). Julia Brown, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Arthur Darvill, Blake Harrison, Jonah Hauer-King, Patrick Kennedy, Tomasz Kot, Agata Kulesza, Victoria Mayer, Ewan Mitchell, Max Riemelt, Parker Sawyers, Brian J. Smith, Zofia WichÅ‚acz, Mateusz WichÅ‚awek, Johannes Zeiler, Sean Bean, Lesley Manville, Helen Hunt. (Cast).

Summary:

Summer 1939. Harry, a translator at the British Embassy in Warsaw, is falling in love with Polish waitress Kasia. When German tanks roll into Poland, and Britain declares war on Germany, Harry and Kasia face terrible choices. With her life in grave danger, can Harry help her, and if he can, how will he ever explain himself to Lois Bennett, the girl he left behind in Manchester?

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  • ISBN: 1531711758
  • ISBN: 9781531711757
  • ISBN: 9781531711641
  • Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (approximately 420 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally broadcast on PBS television as individual episodes in 2019-2020.
Title from container.
Wide screen.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1. Episodes 1-3 -- Disc 2. Episodes 4-6 -- Disc 3. Episode 7.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Written by Peter Bowker ; producers Nickie Sault, Callum Devrell-Cameron ; directors, Adam Smith [and three others].
Participant or Performer Note:
Julia Brown, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Arthur Darvill, Blake Harrison, Jonah Hauer-King, Patrick Kennedy, Tomasz Kot, Agata Kulesza, Victoria Mayer, Ewan Mitchell, Max Riemelt, Parker Sawyers, Brian J. Smith, Zofia Wichłacz, Mateusz Wichławek, Johannes Zeiler, Sean Bean, Lesley Manville, Helen Hunt.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: Not rated ; TV-14.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen, 5.1 surround.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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